MainConcept is a privately owned German company founded in 1993 that develops video processing and playout solutions. Employing approximately 60 people, the company reported revenues of around $10 million in 2024. MainConcept's product offerings include codecs, applications, and software plugins for video and audio processing and streaming. Its history includes acquisitions by DivX (2007), and subsequent ownership under Rovi (following the 2011 acquisition of Sonic Solutions) and Neulion (2015). Currently, MainConcept operates as a subsidiary of Endeavor Streaming.
MainConcept released Codec SDK 16.0 on 08 September 2025. This release included new features and improvements, such as accelerated components, support for new coding tools, and advanced GPU support. A reworked API for popular components was a major enhancement. The SDK also features AI-powered VMAF-E, a video quality metric designed to enhance video encoding, analysis, and workflow efficiency. According to Deacon Johnson, SVP and GM at MainConcept, SDK 16.0 changes how the industry measures video quality. MainConcept's software is compared to AMD and NVIDIA solutions in terms of cost, quality, and performance for streaming applications.
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MainConcept offers 4 products in the media tech industry. MainConcept's product portfolio comprises of video processing and playout.
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MainConcept's revenues were less than $25M in 2024. Caretta Research has split MainConcept's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is live and realtime encoding. For full access to MainConcept's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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MainConcept's customers primarily consist of content acquisition, set-top boxes and enterprise and telecoms software companies. Examples of MainConcept's customers include Ericsson, Canon and Samsung Device eXperience. MainConcept has commercial and technical partners like Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm.
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